PT-2012-6318 · Libssh+1 · Libssh+1

Florian Weimer · Published 1970-01-01 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-4562

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libssh versions prior to 0.5.3

Description The issue affects the libssh package, allowing remote attackers to exploit multiple integer overflows, which can lead to a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This can result in a violation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation can be carried out remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.3, update to version 0.5.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the libssh package until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02019

BDU:2015-04569

BDU:2015-09720

CVE-2012-4562

DSA-2577-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2012_1620-1

SUSE-SU-2012_1520-1

Affected Products

Suse

Libssh

References · 36

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1640-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093313.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4562 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4562 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00015.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4561 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4562 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4562 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4559 · Security Note
• http://libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00021.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093474.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6063 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory